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Our collection of picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC) is available to the public. *Inclusion of a title in the collection DOES NOT EQUAL a recommendation.* Click here for more on book evaluation.

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Sonia Sotomayor

2009

by Jonah Winter and Edel Rodriguez

A biography of U.S. Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor

Sparrow girl

2009

by Sara Pennypacker and Yoko Tanaka

When China's leader declares war on sparrows in 1958, everyone makes loud noise in hopes of chasing the hungry birds from their land except for Ming-Li, a young girl whose compassion and foresight prevent a disaster

Star of the Week

2009

by Darlene. Friedman and Roger Roth

As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China

Stay away from Rat Boy!

2009

by Laurie. Lears and Red Hansen

Tyler is a bully who enjoys frightening other students, but when his only friend, his class's pet rat, gets out of her cage he needs the help of a human friend, and fast

Subway ride

2009

by Heather Miller

A fantastic journey introduces young readers to the subway system.

Sugar cookies

2009

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brooke Dyer and Jane Dyer

Baking cookies teaches us many lessons about life and love. Includes a recipe for sugar cookies.

Sundays on Fourth Street

2009

by A. Costales and Elaine Jerome

A young girl enjoys her family's weekly trip to Fourth Street, where she and her cousins eat mangos and tacos, look at clothes and shoes, watch all the people on the busy street, and take care of such chores as haircuts and grocery shopping

Sunflowers / Girasoles

2009

by Gwendolyn Zepeda and Alisha Ann Guadalupe Gambino

After helping her grandfather plant squash, onions, carrots, cabbage, and other vegetables that her mother uses in soups and salsas, seven-year-old Marisol plants sunflower seeds in her neighbors' yards, and weeks later, everyone gets to enjoy the fruits of Marisol's labor.